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noun

ˈhȯk How to pronounce hawk (audio)
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as in militant
one who urges or attempts to cause a war the hawks were claiming that without war there could be no peace

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verb

as in to peddle
to sell from place to place usually in small quantities a determined bootstrapper who went from hawking newspapers on the street corner to running a media empire

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Noun
Recommended Peace Amid Gaza ceasefire’s uncertainty, Palestinians focus on survival But challenges still lie ahead, from predators like ravens and hawks to severe weather. — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025 But more traditional foreign policy hawks, many of whom staunchly back U.S. aid to Ukraine, are facing significant heartburn. — Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Mar. 2025
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Reacher, a man who famously owns nothing more than a passport, a toothbrush, and the clothes on his Mt. Rushmore–size back, is hawking vinyl? — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025 But the service also acts as a general store that fulfills every scammer’s needs, with sellers hawking victim contact details, deepfake tools to trick targets, fake investment websites, and more. — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hawk
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  1. peddle
  2. wholesale
  3. warmonger
  4. war hawk
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  • Upon check-in, every guest is given a bike with a personalized name tag, so peddling around the island is hassle-free.
    — Jason Chau, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Mendez’s husband, Felix Herrera Garcia, was sentenced to 45 years in prison in October for peddling drugs out of the daycare from October 2022 through the child’s death.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of peddle
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  • Keemo Fashion Group Ltd continues to operate in the apparel and garment trading business, focusing on wholesaling to distributors mainly based in China.
    — Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Chen stressed that Strahan’s collections will continue to be wholesaled at those retailers as well as others such as Dick’s Sporting Goods and Fanatics, which offer his more casual collections including those created for the Super Bowl as well as his line for the UFL league.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 26 Feb. 2025
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  • The movie undoubtedly lays the wood on several in Bush’s inner circle — Thandie Newton’s impression of Condoleezza Rice is particularly mean — as W. ponders what happens when a useful idiot falls under the sway of warmongers with bad intel.
    — Will Leitch, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Predictably, Washington's warmongers are apoplectic.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of warmonger
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  • Election 2024 live updates:Trump attacks Cheney and calls her a 'war hawk' Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But critics of Washington’s hyper-aggressive foreign policy need to understand that the flight of many of the worst war hawks from the Republican Party does not mean the GOP has returned to its non-interventionist roots.
    — Connor Okeeffe, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
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